Where does “kuormapeite” come from?

kuormapeite (Finnish) comes from Finnish peite, from Finnish peittää, from Proto-Finnic peittädäk, from Proto-Finnic pej-, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä — thumb.

kuormapeite (Finnish): tarpaulin or sheeting used during transportation, e.g. on a trailer

Definitions

  1. tarpaulin or sheeting used during transportation, e.g. on a trailer

Ancestry of “kuormapeite”, step by step

kuormapeite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitecover; spread, throw; overlay
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

via Finnish kuorma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuormaload, charge, burden
2Proto-Finnickoormaload, burden
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →